Chapter 579: On the issue of education
Hu Mingchen stood at the entrance of the door, his heart beating loudly. He Hu Mingchen can be regarded as a person who has seen the world, but he must admit that the characters he has seen before are all pediatrics, even if it is Wang Weidong, compared with the characters who can live here, he may not be able to get on the stage.
Hu Mingchen was thinking about it in his mind, and when he saw how to call people for a while, he was also thinking about whether the big guy in the province was surnamed Song. Thinking about it, there seems to be no surname Song, which suddenly made Hu Mingchen a little confused.
"What are you doing stupidly, can't you get in?" Song Qian had already walked to the porch in front of the building, and when he turned around, he saw Hu Mingchen standing at the gate of the courtyard stupidly, and he didn't follow up closely, so he immediately said in displeasure.
Dad is really, how did he accept such a stupid apprentice, working in the countryside is enough to lose face, and he still has such a problematic apprentice, I really don't know what he thinks. Song Qian complained in her heart.
"Oh, come in, come in, I'm sorry. Hu Mingchen reacted and hurriedly followed.
Hu Mingchen himself was also annoyed with himself, what's wrong with this today? Isn't it just going to a family home of the provincial party committee, what's the big deal, none of these people are three-headed and six-armed, why did he lose his mind, shame, it's really a bit embarrassing. We are also people who have been reborn after more than ten years of miracles, and even if we haven't seen some scenes, we have heard and seen them on the Internet.
When he got to the porch, Hu Mingchen took a deep breath and warned himself to be steady, you must be steady, you can't let people look down on you, you can't be ashamed.
"Song Qian, you're back, where are the people? What about the people you want to pick up?" As soon as Song Qian entered the door, Song Qiaoshan, who was still wearing an apron around his waist, looked over, and without waiting for Song Qian to answer, he had already seen Hu Mingchen behind him, "Xiao Chen, come quickly, come quickly." β
"Master, I'...... It's not good to change your shoes and get your home dirty. Hu Mingchen looked at the entrance.
Although he saw that there was a shoe cabinet on the side, he didn't get an greeting and response, and Hu Mingchen couldn't just open the shoe cabinet to find slippers, and he didn't know that those slippers belonged to the owner, and those slippers were for the guests.
"Come in, come in, change your shoes, what are you afraid of when you step on dirty, just drag it off, boy, come in." At this time, an old man wearing a gray woolen vest walked over and beckoned to Hu Mingchen.
"Dad, this is Hu Mingchen, I told you about it, an apprentice I accepted. Song Qiaoshan walked to the old man's side and pointed at Hu Mingchen respectfully.
"Well, the lad is very spirited, come in, don't stand at the door. The old man smiled at Hu Mingchen and nodded.
The owner of the house said this repeatedly, and there was no one to instruct him to slippers, so Hu Mingchen simply stepped into the house.
"Grandpa is good, grandma is good. As soon as Hu Mingchen entered the door, he put the gift in his hand in the corner of the wall, and bowed to the old man and an old woman behind him.
The living room of Song Qiaoshan's house is very large, at least eighty or ninety square meters, or even about a hundred square meters. At this time, in addition to Song Qiaoshan on the faΓ§ade of the living room, Song Qian also had two old people, and there was a middle-aged man in his forties sitting on the sofa inside. The middle-aged man was dressed in black Jacques, with an angular face, and he looked like a cadre in the system.
When Hu Mingchen entered the door, Song Qiaoshan's parents stood up, but the middle-aged man was still sitting quietly, still holding a copy of the People's Daily in his hand, just like Hu Mingchen's arrival had nothing to do with him.
"Dad, is your dish ready?" Song Qian said as she shook Song Qiaoshan's arm.
"Almost, when your mother comes back, we can start eating. You first beckon Xiao Chen, grandparents, and uncle to sit for a while, and I only have one soup in the end. Song Qiaoshan patted Song Qian's shoulder and said.
Grandparents, Uncles, Hu Mingchen was confused, isn't this Song Qiaoshan's family? Why did grandparents and uncles come?
"Young man, how old are you?" After Hu Mingchen sat down, the old man who had just asked Hu Mingchen not to change his shoes asked kindly.
"Grandpa, I'm fifteen years old. Hu Mingchen replied in a proper manner.
Since it is not Song Qiaoshan's family, Hu Mingchen can't be casual.
"Oh, that's the same age as Song Qian, what grade are you in?" the old man nodded and continued to ask.
"Grandpa, I'm in my second year of junior high school. β
"I was only in the second year of junior high school at the age of fifteen, hehe, I was in the third year of junior high school. Song Qian interjected at this time.
"You girl, look at what you said, you went to school early. Song Qian's grandmother gently criticized.
"Xiaoqian, your grandmother is right, the more backward the countryside, the later the children go to school, and the more urban children go to school earlier, which is related to the level of economic development. At this time, Song Qian's uncle gently lowered the newspaper and said.
Song Qian's uncle himself said that it was an objective reality, but his tone and demeanor made Hu Mingchen feel that he had a strong contempt.
"Xu Xiyu, what you said is right, but that's it, it will test your work ability even more, education is the future of the country, if education is done well, the country will have hope, if education is not good, the future of the country will be bleak, you must have a clear understanding." Song Qian's grandfather pointed at Song Qian's uncle and instructed as if guiding work.
"Dad, I'm worried about it here, the education policy, the central government has a unified strategy, Secretary Wu and Governor Dai in the province also attach great importance to it, our Department of Education has gathered to introduce a series of measures, and the education problem in our province has been greatly improved. Xu Xiyu said.
Xu Xiyu's words sounded fine, but Hu Mingchen felt that his words were still perfunctory.
Perhaps all children don't want their elders to point fingers at them when they grow up, and they all think that they have hard wings and have their own ideas for doing things.
"Really, Xiao Chen, tell me, how is your education there? Is there really a big change?" Song Qian's grandfather turned his head to look at Hu Mingchen and asked.
This question is not easy for Hu Mingchen to answer, listening to their conversation, Xu Xiyu should be working in the Provincial Department of Education, if he tells the truth, it will inevitably make him look bad. But if he didn't tell the truth, and in turn perfunctory Song Qian's grandfather, Hu Mingchen felt very bad, and he was really in a dilemma.
"You say, what's the matter, you didn't study in school? Are there any changes, you don't know?" Hu Mingchen groaned and didn't speak, and Song Qian couldn't help urging at first.
"Yes, young man, well, this is a small talk at home, what are you afraid of. As a man, you should be honest and know everything. Song Qian's grandfather followed.
"This ...... I'm just a student, and I don't know all about it. Hu Mingchen said.
"Just because you are a student, your feelings will be direct, let you say your direct feelings, and no one will ask you for a comprehensive opinion, hehe, Song Qiaoshan said that you are his land, you look like this, I don't look like it. It's hard for me to imagine that Song Qiaoshan would accept a timid apprentice. Song Qian's grandfather used all the agitation methods for Hu Mingchen to express his opinion.
But this trick is really useful, Hu Mingchen can wronged himself, he can not care about his impression, but he can't embarrass Song Qiaoshan.
"That'...... In that case, let me tell you how I feel. β
"Say, open to say. Song Qian's grandfather encouraged.
This is Xu Xiyu also put down the newspaper, he also wants to hear what this country boy from Song Qiaoshan can say.
Don't look at Xu Xiyu's interested, in fact, he has already preconceived what Hu Mingchen said into nonsense, in other words, no matter what Hu Mingchen says, Xu Xiyu will solve him with a word: a junior high school student, or a countryman, what objective observation and analysis ability can he have, don't listen to this.
"From the countryside, I think that there is no change in education investment and education methods, my family is from Duge Township, we have a middle school in the township, the teaching quality is very poor, the children in the surrounding mountain villages want to go to the middle school, they must get up early and walk a lot of roads, not to mention the quality of teaching, even eating at noon is a problem. There are no dormitories, no canteens......"
"Then how do you eat? Do you eat in the restaurant?" Song Qian asked innocently.
"Hehe, what's the restaurant. Hu Mingchen smiled bitterly, "The vast majority of children rarely go to the restaurant once a year, let alone every day." There are three ways to eat, one is not to eat and come home hungry, and the second is to eat casually with a little cold water, whether it is baba, steamed buns, or fried rice in your own home. This third way, that is, if the conditions are slightly better, you can buy some snacks at the school gate or on the street to fill it. β
"It's a middle school, a primary school, scattered in several villages in the mountains, ranging from one or two hundred to two or three hundred. Many of the primary school buildings do not even have windows, only a window frame, which is not the most troublesome, the most troublesome is the lack of teachers. It is estimated that more than half of our primary schools are supported by substitute teachers, and they lack income security, and the teaching level is so-so because they have not been systematically trained. Of course, the poverty of the local people, but also let parents pay insufficient attention to education, these make it difficult to produce local talents, a considerable number of children to graduate from primary school, no matter how good it is, junior high school graduation, continue to study, only a handful, rare. Hu Mingchen continued to say logically.
"It's so miserable! Is it true? Then you go to school...... Didn't you go to school in the city? Could it be that my father sponsored you?" Song Qian was surprised, what Hu Mingchen said was beyond his understanding and imagination.
Song Qian was born in such a high-level family, and has lived in the provincial capital since she was a child, and she does not have an intuitive understanding of the current environmental conditions in remote rural areas.
"Of course it's true, I don't have to lie about it. When I went to school in the city, I took the exam myself. As for the funding, Hu Mingchen directly filtered out.